Indexes

Are you looking for an ancestor’s naturalization papers? Perhaps you want to know if someone hired another individual to serve in his place for the Civil War. Or maybe you are looking for a photograph of your relative. We have indexes to assist you. Note that these are not an overall index of the entire holdings of the Archives of Michigan, but rather indexes to particular types of records. Enjoy!

Through the hard work of dedicated volunteers, many of our naturalization records are indexed. These records are primarily organized by county because they were created at the county level. There are additional counties that have not been indexed or whose indexes are too large to put online. Click to our Guide to Immigration and Naturalization records for a complete list.

The indexes are in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). If you find a relative, you can order a copy of these records through our online store.

Last but not least, misspellings and name variations often occur in old records. Please be aware of this when searching.

Below is a listing of the approximately fifteen thousand portraits available at the Archives of Michigan. The collection includes portraits of Michigan’s forty-seven governors, legislators, and state officials. Other people depicted in the collection include 1,347 Civil War soldiers, inventors, auto industry pioneers, and other significant contributors to Michigan’s history.

Thanks to the support of the Talbert and Leota Abrams Foundation, the Archives of Michigan can make Michigan military information more accessible than ever before. This funding has greatly improved access to military collections of genealogical value. A list of Archives of Michigan database resources appears below.

The Foundation also funded the Civil War Graves Database, a project completed by a partnership of the Archives of Michigan and the Michigan Department, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. To access this index, scroll down to the “Michigan Civil War Graves Database” button below.